Title:
Discovering psychology [videorecording] / PBS ; [producer, WGBH Boston with the American Psychological Association].
Author:
Zimbardo, Philip G.
Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.)
WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.)
American Psychological Association.
Annenberg Media
Publication Information:
S. Burlington, VT : Annenberg Media [2001]
Call Number:
BF131 .D55 2001D PT.1
Abstract:
Updated edition highlights major new developments in the field, offering an overview of classic and current theories of human behavior. Leading researchers, practitioners, and theorists probe the mysteries of the mind and body. Based on extensive investigation and superior scholarship, this introductory course in psychology features demonstrations, classic experiments and simulations, current research, documentary footage, and computer animation.
Edition:
Updated ed.
ISBN:
9781576808801
Physical Description:
7 videodiscs (ca. 180 min. each) : sd. with b&w sequences, col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Subject Term:
Contents:
disc 1. Past, present, and promise; Understanding research; The behaving brain; The responsive brain -- disc 2. The developing child; Language development; Sensation and perception; Learning -- disc 3. Remembering and forgetting; Cognitive processes; Judgement and decision making; Motivation and emotion -- disc 4. The mind awake and asleep; The mind hidden and divided; The self; Testing and intelligence -- disc 5. Sex and gender; Maturing and aging; The power of the situation; Constructing social reality -- disc 6. Psychopathology; Psychotherapy; Health, mind and behavior; Applying psychology in life -- disc 7. Cognitive neuroscience; Cultural psychology.
Added Author:
Terms Governing Use:
Public performance rights - GWC.
